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El niño vuelve a la escuela en septiembre, no en agosto.

El niño vuelve a la escuela en septiembre, no en agosto.
The boy returns to school in September, not in August.
From Lesson 47:Months of the year·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El niño vuelve a la escuela en septiembre, no en agosto.

Why aren't septiembre and agosto capitalized?
In Spanish, the months of the year, days of the week, and seasons are not capitalized unless they are the very first word of a sentence.
Do we always use en to say something happens in a certain month?
Yes! Just like in English, you use en before the month to say when something happens, as in en septiembre and en agosto.
Why is the verb vuelve instead of volve?
The infinitive (dictionary form) of the verb is volver. However, it is a stem-changing verb, meaning the letter o changes to ue for most subjects. That is why he returns is vuelve.
Why do we use a right after vuelve?
The word a means to here. Whenever you use a verb that shows motion towards a destination, like returning, you use a to connect the action to the specific place, which is la escuela in this sentence.

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